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Genesis 15:18 — King James Version← Study notes

In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:


Genesis 15:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 15:1820 words
בַּיּוֹםbaywōmIn day
הַהוּאhahûʾThe he
כָּרַתkāratCut
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶתʾetNearness
אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram
בְּרִיתbərîtCompact
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
לְזַרְעֲךָləzarəʿăḵāTo seed
נָתַתִּיnātatîGive
אֶתʾet
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this
מִנְּהַרminəharFrom stream
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
עַדʿadAs far
הַנָּהָרhanāhārThe stream
הַגָּדֹלhagādōlThe great
נְהַרnəharStream
פְּרָתpərātPerath
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

בַּיּוֹםbaywōmIn day
הַהוּאhahûʾThe he
כָּרַתkāratCut
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶתʾetNearness
אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram
בְּרִיתbərîtCompact
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
לְזַרְעֲךָləzarəʿăḵāTo seed
נָתַתִּיnātatîGive
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this
מִנְּהַרminəharFrom stream
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
עַדʿadAs far
הַנָּהָרhanāhārThe stream
הַגָּדֹלhagādōlThe great
נְהַרnəharStream
פְּרָתpərātPerath

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